Detachable awning for automobiles



Nov. 2 1926..

BAQON DETACHABLE AWNING FOR AUTOMOBILES 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed August 17,- 183.6,

Nov 2 1926" 1,605,199 C. BACON DETACHABLE AWNING FQBJAUTOMOBILES Filed August 17, 1926 2 Sh'eetsSheet 2 .lalzented Nov. Z, 1926.

UNITED s'ra res.

DELTACHABLE AWNING- EQEL AUTOI-IUBILES.

Application filed {August 17, 1926. Serial 1%. 1293131,

. This invention relates to awnings tor automobiles of the character of that shown in UQS. Patent 110. 1,595,887, issued on the tenth day of August, 1926. p

Like the structure of the patent referred to, the device of the present invention coinprises an awning web and a supporting frame for the same, the end members of which frame are movable toward and from each other and are thrust apart by the action of a-spring to cause them, when released, to spring outwardly and engage in the usual glass grooves of an automobile body or. door. It is desirable in an automobile awning to provide means for holding the awning web taut or in distended position so that the awning'will not flap up and down under the jolting action of thvehicle.

, In the patent above referred to, the awning web is maintained in taut: position hecause the upperedge of the awning welo issecured to a spring wound roller.

' his a primary object of the present invention to provide a structure which'will elimihate the more or less expensive spring roller and yet will provide eilicient .meansfor maintaining the awning web taiit. At the same time all of the advantages of the structure which is spring extended to on: ga ing'position, are retained.- I liurthe'r objects and advantagesiot the invention will be set forth-in the following description. A

In the accompanying drawing Fig. l is a perspective view of the awning of the present invention, showingthe same applied to an automobile door.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through said doorwith the awning in position. I

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view upon an enlarged scale, .of one end of the awning.- I v Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the hem at the uppenedge of the awning web broken away, to illustrate the spring means for thrusting the frame members of the awning apart and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional V182?- upon an enlarged scale, upon line 5 -5 of B 1g. l.

Lilie numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures ofthe drawing.

The supporting frame, of the awning coniprises two substantially identical frame members, each of which comprises a ll011- zontal rod 5, which at its outer end is bent int-o avertical leg 6. At the lower ends of these vertical legs, the material. is bent inwardly at 7, upwardly at 8 and inwardly at 9, the portions 9 being rigidly fixed to. the vertical legs 6. The inner ends oi the horizontal portions are disposed in overlapping relation (see i) and saidoverlapping port-ions lie within a tension spring 10.

The terminallends 11- and 12 of: said spring are bent in such manner as to cause them to lie across and he pressed against by the ends of the rods 5. Thus, it is manifest that it the end frame members constituted the legs G and associated parts are moved to- Ward each other the spring will he'distended and that when they are released the spring will act to thrust the end frame members away from each other. The legs 6 are shaped and dimensioned to adapt them to enter and have a firm engagement inthe /-glass grooves of an automobile door, it be- "ing understood that the awning is put in place after the glass ofthe door has been lowered. A U-shaped spreader comprising a front bar 13 and end legs 14 is pivoted, as

lower ends of the legs 6. The lower edge of an awning web 16 is engaged with the her 13 and the upper end of said awi'iing-we o 'pi'ovided with ing a pocketthrough which the rods 5 pass and in which the spring 10 is disposed.

It is clear that the proposed structure is "one which may be very economically manufactured because it comprises very simple and inexpensive parts. the advantage of the spring roller referred .to, in that the keep the-awning. web taut. To provide means for holding the spreader in lowered position and to hold the awning web taut action of the vehicle. I provide springs 18 comprising the coiled portions it), which are wound ahoutthe hor zontal portions' 'l', and legs 20 and 21 which are engaged respectively with the portions 8 of the being of a nature to tend'to move the awning to open position and to hold the web 16 in taut and distended condition. When the awning is to he closed and stored the en gageinent of the legs may be reversed to under the iolting cause the springs to tend to move the awningto closed instead of to open position; T It is to he understood that the invention at- 15, tothe horizontal portions '7 at the an enlarged hem l7 constitut-- spring 10 does not tend to frameand'the'bars 14; said springs However, it lacks is not limited to the precise construction invention what I I s ito cngu bile, a spreader hingedly connected thereto, on awning the lower edge oi? which is con nested to tho spreader and the upper edge which is connected. to the supporting into and spring mcims lying inwardly of in members and wholly outside of i grooves when in use, said spring as engaging the supporting frame and nprczidcr and tending to more the awnio open position and to hold the awnwcb under tension. I i. A device of the character described i'.)lili)ii, .i3=3f laterally extensible two part having cnd members shaped and diioncd to engage in the glass grooves v n initmnohilc, a spreader hingcdly convcd thoroto, an awning web engaged with wider and with the frame, and spring '17- lying inwardly of the said end memand wholly outside of said glass grooves in one, said spring moans acting bei the awning frame and the spreader 'cnding to more the m'vning to open Mon {2 d to hold the a-wnii'ig woh under n nudcr the jolting and. jarring to 'ZhOlliUlJllt).

, rucinre of tho character described I a part awningi'ranic, cach p t-fnl n-h (oi prises a horizontal. nien'ihot and a vertical niei'ubor, said vertical ZlItUJlI C-VS being shaped and dimensioned to "nor tho glass *roovcs of an automobile ind ilic inner ends of said horizontal memq i 1 in orcrlap iing relation, :ifcd to he placed under tcnion by tl hora toward each othciu a U-shapcd sprcadcr tho l of which arc pirotally ong'agrcd witlr the lower portions of said end n'ienihcrs and. a u'ing lying whollx in ar lly of the said vcrticai mcmhors and two ot said glass grooves acting l ciwren said end inon'ihcrs and the spreader and tending to more the awning to open position and to hold the awning web under tension.

4. A structure of the character described comprising a two part frame, each of which comprisesa horizontal rod and a vertical end rod bent therefrom, said end rods being shaped and dimensioned to enter the glass grooves of an automobile door, said end members being bent at the lower ends of said rods inwardly to form horizontal portions, then upwardly and then inwardly and being united with the vertical end membcrs, a U-shaped spreader the legs of which are pivotally connected to the last named horizontal portions and springs comprising convolutions bent about the last named horizontal portions and having legs engageable with the legs of the spreader and with the said upwardly bent portions of the end members, said springs acting to move the spreader outwardly and downwardly and an awning web the lower edge of which is engaged with said spreader and the upper edge of which is engaged with said horizontal members.

5. A device of the character described comprising a two part frame member, each of said parts comprising a horizontal run the inner ends of which are in overlapping relation and a tension spring embracing said overlapping portions, the end convolutions oi said spring being bent to lie in the path of movement of the ends of the respective rods.

A structure of the character described comprising a frame consisting of a horizontal part and vertical end members, each of said end members comprising two spaced vertical runs, connected at their lower onds by a horizontal member, the outer of said spacrd vertical runs being shaped and di incnsaioncd to engage in the glass grooves of an automobile, a U-shapcd spreader the legs of which are pivotally connected to the said horizontal members. and s 'irings comprising coils engaged about said horizontal nicmhors and legs extending fron'i said coils and cngagod respectively with the fran'ic and with the sprcador and acting to throw the spreader outwardlv and downwardly.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signa ture.

CHAS. BACON. 

